My great grandmother was a milliner, when she was 18 she and her younger brother left Burlington KS to claim territory in the Oklahoma land rush. (She didn't want the property, she did it for her brother because he wasn't old enough.) She was a whole 4'9" and he wasn't any taller, they went down by horse and wagon. When he was old enough to own the property she left him there and went by herself to Colorado where she married my great grandfather. They returned to Burlington KS, decided to have a family. Her daughter (my grandmother) decided to move to Kansas City to work. When she finally decided to settle down, they still waited 6 years to have a child because she wanted more out of life than to have babies and keep house. My sisters and I come from a long line of independent women.
We were always encouraged to go for our dreams, they don't happen by reading about them or hoping someone else will make them happen.
Last edited by quiltingcandy; 08-07-2016 at 01:18 PM.